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FRATERNITY ARCHIVES OFFICIALLY HOUSED AT MOORLAND-SPINGARN
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Brothers of Beta Chapter, Howard University, members of the Fraternity s World Policy Council and the President of Howard Universi were on handfor transfer of Fraternity archival materials to the Moorland-Spingarn. Research Center at Howard University.
The long awaited—and overdue—transfer of historical records to a place of professional safekeeping is now a reality. More than 117 cubic feet of archival material has been transferred from the Baltimore headquarters to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. General President Milton C. Davis and Dr. Michael Battle, the Spingarn Research Center director, signed the transfer documents in January. The official signing took place on the historic desk used when General O.O. Howard witnessed the signing of deeds of trust for the purchase of property where Howard University stands. President Bill Clinton used the same desk in January 1994 while at Howard University to cele-
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brate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and to sign an executive order strengthening the Fair Housing Code; and South Africa President Nelson Mandela used the desk to inscribe his biography, "Higher Than Hope," written by Fatina Meer. According to Fraternity Archivist Herman "Skip" Mason, the archival collection includes back issues of the Sphinx, Membership Applications, Risk Management Forms, correspondence, Remittance Forms, photographs, General Convention Reports, cassette and videotapes. Brother Mason believes the archival transfer will be processed in time for a formal unveiling during the 1997 General Convention in Washington, DC. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center is also the repository of archival collections for Marian